
Special Themes in Friendship - Aristotle's Ethics | Professor Michael Gorman
The Thomistic Institute
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Aristotle's Paradigm for Friendship
Aristotle says the most characteristic thing in friendship is giving rather than receiving. A mother gives her child away to be brought up and loves him as long as she knows about him. She does not seek the child's love if she cannot both love and love. And she loves the child even if ignorance prevents him from returning to her what is due to a mother.
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